a type of the whole, we take the following 
at random:— 
•‘Your excellent Sfed-Time and Harvest 
is now a quarterly visitor at my house. It 
comes to us like a south wind in the spring¬ 
time. We are very much pleased with its 
contents, and best of all, we are glad to find 
‘Reliable Seeds at Honest Prices.’ The seeds 
which I purchased of you last spring were 
prime, and grew splendidly. I am glad you 
are to issue Sfed-Time and Harvest as a 
monthly.”—Gilbert A. Ayers, Cumberland 
County, N. J. 
‘‘The seeds bought of you this spring came 
well and I am highly pleased with the result, 
especially the Mixed Cabbage seed. I think 
Seed-Timd and Harvest doubly worth fifty 
cents, and I am glad to see that it is to be 
monthly. Wishing you continued success, 
I remain, very respectfully,”—Mrs. H. C. 
Flintoff, Cheatham Co., Tenn. 
••Your valuable practical Seed-time and 
Harvest received, and a more useful jour¬ 
nal never was placed on our table. Many, 
very many thanks.”—James Fritz, Albe¬ 
marle Co., Va. 
But we must desist. If our little publica¬ 
tion has any merit our readers will assured¬ 
ly find it out. We therefore beg to suggest 
that if you can find it in your heart to say a 
kind word for us, you will direct the same 
to your immediate friends and neighbors 
with whom we are not acquainted—persuade 
them to enlist in our little army that we 
may grow stronger by the union. Yes, an¬ 
nounce to the world that for only a dollar 
Seed-Time and Harvest may be made a 
welcome visitor in four more households 
through the many recurring changes of an¬ 
other yeaf. 
Keep pushing ! 'tis wiser than sitting aside, 
And sighing and watching and waiting the tide; 
In life's earnest battle they only prevail, 
Who daily march onward and never saj' fail. 
— In our advertising columns will be found the large 
advertisement of E. G Rideout & Co., N. Y., of a 
beautiful 33 calibre revolver for $3.50. This is said to 
be one of the greatest bargains ever offered in fire¬ 
arms, and the firm enjoy a first-class reputation for 
honesty and fair dealing. 
—Our readers should all send for a “Harmonette ’ 
advertised in this issue. It is a good instrument. 
—Mr. F. M. Lupton, 37 Park Place, N. Y., is one of 
the most successful publishers and business men in 
the Union. A friend of ours who has acted in the 
capacity of agent for him speaks well of his prompt¬ 
ness and reliability in all business dealings. See his 
advertisement elsewhere in this issue. 
Answers to our Last Prize Contest. 
In our last issue we offered a Prize of $20 
in gold to the person who should most cor¬ 
rectly answer the following question: 
‘‘What word in this number of Seed-Time 
and Harvest contains the greatest number 
of different letters and how many does it 
contain ? If there are two or more words 
having the same number give them all and 
tell upon what pages they may be found.” 
It has been decided that the greatest num¬ 
ber of different letters in any one word in 
that issue is 12 , and that the number of 
words containing 12 different letters is lO. 
The words are as follows: 
1. Comparatively, 
on page 4. 
2. Unprofitable, 
on page 4. 
3. Comparatively, 
on page 5. 
4. Acknowledgment, 
on page il. 
5. Comparatively, 
on page 13. 
6. Accomplishment, 
on page 13. 
7. Uncomfortably, 
on page 16. 
8. Uncomfortably, 
on page 16. 
9. Comparatively, 
on page 17, 
10. Northumberland, 
on page 21. 
It will be seen that the word Compara¬ 
tively is found in four different places, and 
the word Uncomfortably in two places, so 
there are but six different words. In print¬ 
ing the above list we have put the letters 
which are repeated in italics so they will be 
more readily noticed. 
We find that the task has been altogether 
too easy this time for our many sharp-wit¬ 
ted readers, as perfectly correct answers, as 
above given, have been received from 105 
different persons. In our announcement of 
the offer we said “should there be several 
absolutely correct answers, or the judges be 
unable to decide between the correctness of 
two or more answers, the prize will be di¬ 
vided between the contestants having such 
equal claims.” We are therefore now in¬ 
debted to 195 different persons to the amount 
of 10i cents each, payable in gold ! 
We did intend to publish the names of the 
successful parties but as it will take nearly 
two of our pages, and we have more inter¬ 
resting matter prepared for this number 
than we can get in, we hardly feel like tak¬ 
ing so much space this time. Those who 
have sent correct answers will receive a copy 
of this (October) number with this article 
